Re: Taking over a previously diverted file

2006-10-18 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:47:43AM +0700, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan wrote: Some little questions, though: Let's give this a try. In the postinst: TEXDIR=/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/babel if [ -e $TEXDIR/babel.sty ]; then mv -i $TEXDIR/babel.sty $TEXDIR/babel.sty.undivert

Subject: RFS: shc (updated package)

2006-10-18 Thread George Danchev
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 3.8.6-2 of my package shc. It builds these binary packages: shc- Shell script compiler The package is lintian clean. The upload would fix these bugs: 300625 (severity: minor) The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: -

Re: Autobuilding non-free packages.

2006-10-18 Thread Andreas Barth
Hi, * Charles Plessy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061017 01:31]: I am also very interested by this autobuilding feature. Before I bother you or Andreas, where can I check that autobuilding is enabled for a particular package ? The packages are not set onto these lists without the maintainer asking

Re: Subject: RFS: shc (updated package) [sponsored]

2006-10-18 Thread tony mancill
George Danchev wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 3.8.6-2 of my package shc. Uploaded to the archive. Cheers, tony signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Does a DD become solely responsible for abandonware in Debian?

2006-10-18 Thread Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso
After some email lobbying and many months of waiting, more than may seem evident from the atttached email exchange below, I have managed to convince the authors of LiDIA http://www.cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/TI/LiDIA/ to finally release their code under the GPL. Woohoo! It's an

Re: Does a DD become solely responsible for abandonware in Debian?

2006-10-18 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 01:50:05PM -0500, Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: After some email lobbying and many months of waiting, more than may seem evident from the atttached email exchange below, I have managed to convince the authors of LiDIA

Re: Does a DD become solely responsible for abandonware in Debian?

2006-10-18 Thread Neil Williams
On 18/10/06 19:50:05, Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: My questions are these: is this a good idea? Do you have a package that uses this functionality, something other than an example of the theory? Do you use this functionality in a useful way yourself? Adding a package that has no direct

RFS: pyexcelerator - module to create spreadsheets

2006-10-18 Thread Kevin Coyner
Dear friends, I am looking for a sponsor for a new package pyexcelerator. This package creates a python module that can be used for creating and reading Excel spreadsheet files. I use it in a couple websites to create Excel files on-the-fly, which can then be downloaded. The package is

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Re: RFS: pyexcelerator - module to create spreadsheets

2006-10-18 Thread Frederic Peters
Kevin Coyner wrote: The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/pyexcelerator - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget

Re: Does a DD become solely responsible for abandonware in Debian?

2006-10-18 Thread csmall
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:50:05 -0500, Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My questions are these: is this a good idea? Is it a good idea to try to Debianise a package with no real upstream authors? If I did that, would I or my sponsor become responsible for maintenance? If there

Re: Does a DD become solely responsible for abandonware in Debian?

2006-10-18 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: After some email lobbying and many months of waiting, more than may seem evident from the atttached email exchange below, I have managed to convince the authors of LiDIA http://www.cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/TI/LiDIA/ to

Re: want to adopt craft

2006-10-18 Thread Arvind kumar
First thing I need is access to latest CVS code for craft package (only read permission will do ). As far as I could make out from debian.org , there is some strict guide line and lengthy procedure to be followed Any one can get me some clue on thisArvindOn 10/14/06, Bas Wijnen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: want to adopt craft

2006-10-18 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Arvind kumar wrote: First thing I need is access to latest CVS code for craft package (only read permission will do ). As far as I could make out from debian.org , there is some strict guide line and lengthy procedure to be followed Any one can get me some clue on